Folding skirt-marker.



L. BECKER. FOLDING SKIRT MARKER.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 25, 1912.

1,063,766, Patented June 3, 1913.

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L. BECKER. FOLDING SKIRT MARKER.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 25, 1912,

1,063,766. Patented 'June.3, 1913.

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FOLDING SKIRT-MARKER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 3, 1913.

Application filed June 25, 1912. Serial No. 705,791.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, Lynn BECKER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Indianapolis, in the county of Marion and State of Indiana, have invented new and useful Improvements in Folding Skirt-Markers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to skirt markers and the principal object of the invention is to improve upon the structure shown in the patent granted to me March 12, 1912, #1,020,250, wherein the indicator is held in posit-ion upon the uprights 4; by means of set screws. Inthis type of device, each set screw had to be loosened independently.

It is the object of this invention to avoid this difliculty, and broadly speaking, con sists in providing means, whereby the inclicator may be adjusted on all of the standards by a single operation.

A further object of the invention is to provide a simple and efficient device which may be cheaply constructed of light and yet durable structure, and which may be readily operated to mark the length of the skirt being fitted so that it will hang evenly all around.

Further objects of this invention will appear as the following specific description is read in connection with the accompanying drawing, which forms a part of this application, and in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of the device. Fig. 2 is a side elevation. Fig. 3 is a similar view taken at right angles to Fig. 2. F ig.4is a detail top plan view. Fig. 5 is a detail vertical sectional view. Fig. 6 is aperspective view of a modified form.

Referring more particularly to the drawing, 1 represents the base which may be formed of any suitable material, which may have any cont-our, or be made of any suitablesize for the purpose for which it is intended. Mounted upon the base are keeper members 2 which are adapted to removably receive and retain the feet 3 of the standards 4. These standards 4 are provided with rack faces 5 and passed through apertures 6 formed in pairs in opposite sides of the indicator ring 7. This ring may be con structed of any suitable size or of any suitable material having in mind only neatness of appearance, structural rigidity, and cheapness of production.

Mounted between the apertures 6 upon the ring are suitable casings 8, each having a pair of sliding bolts or pawls 9 arranged therein and adapted to be projected in opposite directions-by means of the spring pin which is interposed between the bolt. The

upper portion of the casing is slotted, as

shown at 11, and passing through the slots are operating pins or handles 12 which are keyed to or otherwise secured to the bolts so that when the operating members are drawn together, the boltswill be retracted from the rack face of the standards 4, thus permitting the indicating ring to be lowered. The upper ends of the bolts or pawls are tapered off so that the ring may be moved upwardly without retracting the bolts by means of the operating members 12. If desired, the base and indicating ring may be constructed in the manner shown in my patent and referred to, or they may consist of integral structures, as shown. Preferably, separate sets of standards are provided for supporting the indicating ring for ladies or misses dresses.

In the modification shown in Fig. 6, only two standards are provided and carried by the indicator ring are casings in which the standards are adapted to slide. These casings 18 are provided so that the gravity of the free side of the indicator ring will not affect its horizontal position. The casings 13 are provided with apertures to permit the passage of the pawls or bolts 10.

What is claimed is 1. In a skirt marker, a base, rack faced standards extending vertically from the base, an indicator ring having apertures to receive said standards, and sliding bolts carried by the ring for engaging the rack faces of the standards to support the indicator ringv in adjusted position thereon.

2. A skirt marker comprising a base, keeper members mounted thereon, rack faced standards having feet to removably engage said keeper members, an indicator ring slidably mounted upon the standards, In testimony whereof I aifix my signature a caslng earned by the lndlcator rlng, bolts 111 presence of two wltnesses.

slidably mounted in the casing, and a spring LYDA BECKER. for projecting said bolts in opposite direc- Witnesses:

5-ti0ns into engagement with the rack faces C. R. CAMERON,

of thestandards. OTTO WVOLF.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C. 

